Roof



Oct. 5, 1926.

F. C. OVERBURY ROOF Filed'Dec. 22; 1921 ,A/ Am llllll 1mm m 'lllllllv Fatented Oct. 5, 1926 FREDERICK'C. OVERBURY, or HZLLSDALE, NEW JERSEY, nss'renon TO THE FLINT- KOTE COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION or MASSACHU- noon.

Application filed December 22, 1921. Serial No. 524,103.

thinness of the material, which is often ebjectionable. This effect is further heightened by the substantial uniformity in its color,

This invention provides iconstruction whereby a much more substantial appearance is produced with this material andby which a variegatedcolor effect may be produced by using a double coated sheet, the coatings being of different colors on the two sides, and laying so that each color appears at suitable places.

By this construction symmetrical patterns such as hexagons, or the'like, may be formed, each being complete in a single color and two colors, of such pattern appearing through all the sheets of the roof.

The roof may be constructed in panels cut and folded to produce the required designs which may be laid in units. or it may be embodied in strips each having a single line of fold and superposed. The strip form permits the laying of the designs in more than one color relation, while with the panel construction such relation is fixed. The strip construction permits the laying of a complete design with the laying of each strip, instead of'only half the design as in the usual strip form, thus permitting the goof to be laid faster than with the ordinary orm,

Fora more complete understanding of this invention, together with further objects and advantageous details and arrangements, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a plan of a sheet of roofing cut crosswise to make a panel having three complete rows of shingle design.

Figure 2 is a plan of a sheet cut lengthwise to make a panel having two complete rows of the design.

Figure 3 is a perspective of the form shown in Figure 1 partly folded to form the w panel.

Figure 4 is a plan of the completed panel. Figure 5 is a section on line -55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6' is a section on line 66 of to Figure 4.

Figures 7 and 8 are perspectives showing assemblies of cooperating single folded strips to produce different color relations of the design.

Referring to Figures 1, 3, and 4 a sheet of roofing is indicated at 1 having thereaoross a plurality of series of interrupted cuts, each cut, as shown, comprising a portion 2 extending laterally of the sheet and portions '70 3 extending in diagonal relation from the ends of the portion 2. The outer ends of the cuts 3 which converge from adjacent cuts 2, are connected by uncut portions 4 about which the material of the strip. may be folded, the portions 4 as shown being substantially inalinement across the sheet. Between adjacent series of cuts is a continuous fold line 5. The sheet is bent on itself alternately in opposite directions about This causes the under side of each tab 6 to appear as shown in Figure 3 while the cut edges in the section between the hinge line 4, and the line- 5 nextabove define an upper margin identical in shape to the tab 6, but

reversed in position to form in the construc- 9 tion shown a hexagonal pattern presented by the reverse side of the sheet. The 'cut edges. form .also the outline of the lower half of the complemental pattern in the upper layer of each fold, the other half being 5 formed by the margin of a succeeding overlying tab 6. The sheet is folded forwardly alongthe line 5 to bringthe cuts 2 of the next succeeding course against the cuts 2 of the lower course. The material above this second hingeline 4 is then folded backwardly, the tabs 6 of this course projecting down to the edge of the out line 2 of the lower course. The sheet is similarly bent back and forth in alternate directions about succeeding hinge lines 4 and '5 to the full extent of the sheet. When the folded portions are brought close together, a panel. is

produced having the design shown in Figure 4, wherein alternate vertical rows of the design are formed by opposite sides of the sheet. As shown a lower uncut piece of roofing 7 having its lower edge in alinement with the loweredges of thetabs 6 may be positioned under the lower fold to finish the lower edge of the roof. Referring to Figures 5 and 6, it is seen that the hexagonal designs are formed on the outer faces of the folded sections along line 5-5 of Figure l;

while the-designs along thesection 66 are formed of portions appearing through cutouts in the upper sections and which are from the reverse side of the sheet. If desired each of the surfaces of the sheet may be faced with coating material such as slate and may, if desired, be of difierent shade or color,.in which case the design will alternate in vertical rows having the colors of the two sides. A pattern is thus presented lengthwise of the lines of fold.

. of the lower layer exposedihrough the recesses. In Figure 2 lsshown a s1m1lar construction in which instead of cutting and folding lengthwise.

the sheet widthwise it .is cut and folded In the ordinary commercial sheet sizes, a pair of series of cuts may be employed with this method of procedure, the panelitself being of any required length' When the fold is crosswise of the sheet the width thereof is determined by'the width of the sheet while the length, extending in direction from the eaves to the ridge pole of the roof, may be as desired.

Instead of forming the materialin panels it may be cut in strips, either lengthwise or crosswise of the sheet, embodying substantially the width betweenthe two fold lines 5 of the panel, this. construction'bei'ng indicated in Figures 7 and 8. These strips are folded along the uncut portions40 in the same manner as the panels arefolded along the uncut portions 4:. In this constructiona single row of-designs is formed'by the cuts, the surface of the under layer of the mate rial forming this pattern while the outer surface, or that of the upper layer furnishesone half of the complemental pattern, Here, if desired, the two sides ofthe strips may be of different shades or colors so that alternate designs of different colors may appear in the finished roof. In the case of the strips, however, one strip may be superposed on an adjacent strip in a manner to ring two designs of the same color m vercomplemental designs may be formed in alternatlon.

Having thus described certain embodiments of this invention it should be evident that many changes and modifications might be made therein without departing from its claims.

1. A structure of the class described comprising a sheet of double faced roofing cut through at intervals thereacross, the portions between said out portions serving as hinges about which the sheet may be folded back on itself, said cuts being so related to the line of fold as to cause portions of the surface on the inside of the fold to show from the outside when the tion on the roof.

2. A structure of the class described. comprising a sheet of double face roofing cut through at intervals to form one half the outline of a design, the portions between said out portions serving as hinges about which the sheet may be bent back on' itself, the half of the design on the under layer projecting beyond the hinge portions and the mating cut edge in the. upper layer defining the opposite half of the design onsaid under layer whereby the complete design is presented on the surface of the under side of the fold and one half of -the complementary design is defined on the opposite side 8f gieisheet presented by the portion bent ac 3. A structure of'the class described COIII- prising a sheet of roofing having interrupted cuts therein, the interruptions -forming hinge portions about which a portion of said. sheet may be folded back-against another portion thereof, said cuts being so related to the line of fold that a pattern is presented when said sheet is folded, parts of said pattern being formed by opposite sides of said sheet.

4. A structure of the-class describedcomsheet is in' posispirit or scope as defined by the appended against another portion thereof, said cuts being so related to the line of fold that a pattern is presented when said sheet is folded, parts of said pattern being formed by opposite sides of said sheet so both surfaces.

5. A structure of the class described compresenting prising a double surfaced sheet of roofing of different colors on opposite sides, said sheet having interrupted 'cuts therethrough, the interruptions forming hinge portions about which a portion of said sheet may be folded back against another portion thereof, and said cuts being so related to the line of fold that a varicolored pattern is presented when said sheet is folded, parts of said pattern being formed by opposite sides of said sheet.

6. A roofing panel composed. of a sheet of double surfaced roofing material having a plurality of series of interrupted cuts ex-. tending thereacross, and hinge portions intermediate adjacent series of cuts about which said sheet may be folded back on it self, the interruption between said cuts also forming hinge portions about which the sheet may be folded back on itself, said sheet being folded alternately in'opposite direetions about said hinge portions, and said cuts being so formed that when a sheet is so folded a pattern is presented comprising portions of each of said surfaces.

7. A roofing panel composed of a sheet of double surfaced roofing material having its.

opposite faces of difierent color, having a plurality of series of interrupted cuts extending thereacross, and hinge portions intermediate adjacent series of cuts, about which said sheet may be folded back on itself, the interruption between said cuts also forming hinge portions about which the sheet may be folded back on itself, said sheet being folded alternately in opposite directions about said hinge portions, and said cuts being so formed that when the sheet is so folded, a two colored pattern is presented comprising portions of each of said surfaces.

8. A roofing panel comprising a sheet of roofing matrial folded on itself alternately in opposite directions and cut at intervals adjacent to a line of fold through one layer only to show the surface of underlying por..

tions thereof. I

9. A roofing element comprising weather proof sheet material,interruptedly cut and folded upon itself to provide an upper and a lower layer, one of said layers having portions projecting beyond the line of fold.

10. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material interruptedly cut and folded upon itself to provide an upper and a lower layer, one of said layers having portions projecting beyond the line of fold, and, the other layer having edge portions cut,

back of the line of fold.

11. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material interruptedly cut and foldedupon itself to provide an upper and a lower layer having portions projecting beyond the line of fold.

12. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material interruptedly cut and folded upon itself to provide'an upper and,

a lower layer having portions projecting beyond the line of fold, and the upper layer having recesses through which the lower layer is exposed. r

13. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet mater al interruptedly cut and folded upon itself to provide an upper and a lower layer, the upper layer being recessed from said line of fold to expose areas of thelower layer therethrough, and the lower layer having portions extending beyond the line of folc.

14. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material interruptedly cut andfolded upon itself to provide an upper and a lower layer, the upper layer beingrecessed from said line of fold to expose areas of the lower layer therethrough, and the lower layer having portions extending beyond the line of fold and forming continuations of said exposed areas.

15. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material interruptedly cut and folded upon itself to provide an upper and a lower layer, the upper layer being recessed from said line of fold to expose areas of the lower layer therethrough, and the lower layer having portions extending beyond'the line of fold and formin continu ations "of said exposed areas an complemental thereto. E

16. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material folded alternately in opposite directions along spaced lines to r produce a series of overlapping courses of double thickness, the upper layer of each double thickness being recessed to expose areas of the lower layer of the same course.

17. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material folded alternately in opposite directions along spaced lines to produce a series of overlapping "courses of double thickness, the upper layer of each course being recessed back from its lower edge fold to expose areas of the lower layer of the same course. v

18. A roofing element comprising weatherproof sheet material interi uptedly out and folded alternately in opposite directions along spaced lines to produce aseries of overlapping courses of double thickness, the

upper layer of each course being recessed to expose layers of the same course, and the lower layer having portions extending be low the upper layer.

19. A roofing element comprising Weatherproof sheet material interruptedly cut and folded alternately in opposite directions along spaced lines to produce a series of overlapping courses of double thickness, the upper layer of each course being' recessed back from its lower edge fold to expose areas of the lower layer of the same course, and the lower layer having, portions extending below said line of fold and forming continua- .tions of said exposed areas.

In testix'nony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

FREDERICK C. OVERBURY. 

